Looking 4 Detroit's A-List {Detroit area A List Photographer}

Starting next week (June 20th) the voting begins for the top photographer in Michigan.

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Radio Podcast Interview

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Natalie Deleo of Ask Natalie First. Natalie is a long time client who I have had the priviledge of crating family memories for since 1996

Ask Natalie First - is a go to website/podcast of helpful hints and tips by local experts in different fields.

The interviews are short and sweet and offer all kinds of information to her podcast listeners.

I will be offering a special to all of her readers/listeners as soon as the my interview goes live ~ hopefully within the next week.

So stay tuned!

Catwalk For Cancer

Mark your calendar for September 28th.

We will be participating in the Catwalk for Cancer at the Uptown Grille, an event to benefit The Look Good…Feel Better program.

Take in fall's new looks while supporting a great cause. Emceed by WRIF's Anne Carlini, the evening will include a fashion show, dinner, music, gift bags and a raffle. Proceeds benefit Look Good...Feel Better, a free national public service program dedicated to helping those with cancer improve self-esteem and cope with treatment and recovery in style.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at the Catwalk for Cancer website

Lindsey and Assaf

We had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Lindsey and Assaf last Sunday. It was an absolutely gorgeous day... not to be matched by the gorgeous couple!

I've known and have been photographing Lindsey her entire life so it was very special for me to share in her marriage to Assaf. Together they are just so darn cute.

We worked with Alex Bitoff and his crew from Fifth and Main Productions who produced an awesome on the fly video recap. Also present was Dee Dee Hoffman, Gerychs Flowers, Paul Kohn Catering and of course the Simone Vitale Band.

Click here to see the video recap from the wedding.

Click here to see a short clip of us in action.

Nice Article in JN

The Detroit Jewish News did a very nice article about the five studios this week.

We are a group of like minded professional photographers dedicated to the art of image making.

See it here
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Prepping

I just found out that our GLIP (Great Lakes Institute of Photography) is full. That's pretty awesome news considering some classes were cancelled due to lack of turn out.

So as the count down to school draws near, I find myself freaking out trying to get a whole load of work done before I leave for the week. Unfortunately my "studio" work screeches to a halt when I am away teaching.

So, today will be a day of production, new slide preparation, CD/DVD burning and getting equipment ready. And that's just this morning!! :)

Gotta go get to it!
See ya!

Senior Models for the Class of 2010 = Free Money!

We are currently look for Senior spokesmodels for the Class of 2010.

If you are an outgoing Junior, we would like you to help us so we can show off all our crazy new ideas for next year. The ideal candidate is socially active, in and out of school... AND ON FACEBOOK!

Each model session will be created between March 1st and April 30th. We will create model cards with a few of the images from your session for you to pass out to your friends. The rest will be posted in your gallery on Facebook.

Every model selected will be eligible for a FREE regular Senior Session that MUST be used anytime June through July. Any other sessions during your Senior year are 50% off. PLUS you can earn up to $25 for every one of your friends that turn in your model card when they are photographed!

What a great way to make money this summer without really doing anything more than talking to your friends. How awesome is that?

Call 248-560-3100 or send me a message on Facebook for more details.

Is the Media Fair and Balanced?

...An email that I just received. Is the media fair and balanced? You decide.



Another normal day in Southern Israel . . . .

Israeli family during a rocket alarm in Kfar Azza, Wednesday

Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview and was asked about Israel's occupation of Arab lands.
His response was "It's our land". The reporter (CNN or the like) was stunned - read below "It's our land..." It's important information since we don't get fair and accurate reporting from the media and facts tend to get lost in the jumble of daily events.

"Crash Course on the Arab Israeli Conflict."

Here are overlooked facts in the current & past Middle East situation compiled by a Christian university professor:


BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY.

1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 BCE, two thousand years before the rise of Islam.

2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.

3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BCE, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.

4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 CE lasted no more than 22 years.

5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.

6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.

7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.

8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.

9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.

10 The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.

11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.

12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state of New Jersey .

13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.

14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority.

15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.

16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.

17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.

18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.

19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.

20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.

These are incredible times. We have to ask what our role should be. What will we tell our grandchildren about what we did when there was a turning point in Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference?

Contact your Government representatives and voice your support for Israel to defend itself from the constant barrage of missiles being launched from Gaza at civilians in Israel. Say prayers for Israel's survival. Suggested Psalm 120 & 121

START NOW- Send this to other people you know and ask them to send it to others, Jew and non-Jew--it doesn't really matter.